What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Chocolates, flowers, jewelry. Sure, they're nice. But what the techie in your life really wants for Valentine's Day is something from the list below. 1. Xbox 360 / Sony PS3 / Nintendo Wii. You can't really go wrong here. All 3 of the games systems are fun to play. If your techie is a true "gamer" go with the Xbox 360 or the Sony PS3. If you want the whole family to play, go with the Nintendo Wii. Already have an Xbox 360 or Sony PS3? Add on the Kinect or PlayStation Move for Wii-like fun. 2. Netflix subscription. Perfect… Continue reading...
As I revealed yesterday, I am in the market for a new television to replace my existing non-1080p television. The reason I don't have 1080p now is because 1080p was a brand-new technology at the time and there was no good reason to buy it. High definition programming in 1080p and technology such as Blu-ray simply didn't exist yet. Of course, today there are dozens of reasons to have a 1080p television. Television provider like DIRECTV offer on-demand movies in 1080p, Blu-ray discs are recorded in 1080p and even game systems like the Xbox 360 and PS3 are designed to… Continue reading...
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I've been wanting to upgrade my televisions to 1080p for a while now. I know, hard to believe, Mr. Noobie™ doesn't have 1080p. That's the price of being an early adopter. My plan was to replace my family room television first and, much to my surprise, I found that Dell had the best price on the television I was scouting. Yes, the Dell that makes computers. So I went ahead and placed the order online with Dell late at night right before going to bed. Buyer's remorse Well, I probably should have waited until morning to order because buyer's remorse… Continue reading...
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One of the first questions people ask me when they hear the name of my business is "What's a noobie?"
I'm going to keep this nice and simple today. See below for the answer:
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Oh, and thank you to Brian Crane and his Pickles comic strip for making my job easy today. Continue reading...
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Q: How can an old person like me, who remembers when TV was FREE, and you just turned it on and turned it off, (no recording junk--if you missed it, you missed it) get TV shows for free again? Do they make any TVs that pick up signals with an antenna? U-verse charges $199 to install, Comcast raises their prices and makes you hook up junk boxes back of the TV...it never ends. - Marian from Greenwood, Indiana A: Good news Marian! Not only do most televisions made today pick up antenna signals, they pick up them up digitally and,… Continue reading...
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